Here Are 11 Desperate Companies That Might Buy RIMhttp://www.businessinsider.com/here-are-11-companies-that-might-buy-rim-2012-3/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:07:19 -0400Henry Blodgethttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f819c3beab8eacc4000008eDesperate??Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:10:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f819c3beab8eacc4000008e
Since when are companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, etc., desperate? I'm really getting sick and tired of the bullshit headlines here.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f803bd76bb3f7da2c000024krypticSat, 07 Apr 2012 09:06:31 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f803bd76bb3f7da2c000024
I'd say their advantages are their enterprise eco-system and their ability to make solid hardware.
Their disadvantages are their current operating system, the NIH mentality in Waterloo and their inability to produce either a competitive phone or tablet.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f803aee69beddd425000021KrypticSat, 07 Apr 2012 09:02:38 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f803aee69beddd425000021
Nokia's problem with the Lumia isn't the nice hardware, it is the OS.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f7b639669bedd8c3300002bilaTue, 03 Apr 2012 16:54:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f7b639669bedd8c3300002b
You mean that the Lumia 900 at $99 on contract isn't competing on price with the iPhone?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f7b0208eab8ea7e4200000fMaxTue, 03 Apr 2012 09:58:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f7b0208eab8ea7e4200000f
Mr. Blodget,
Why buy RIMM when any of these companies will be able to get it in bankruptcy on the cheap?
The current management shows little to no aptitude. The market has changed, they haven't, and doesn't look like they are going to change any time soon.
BTW, I think Samsung and HTC have plenty of technology to compete...they really don't need RIMM to help them.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f79b51169bedd0e5900002eTHETRUTH2UMon, 02 Apr 2012 10:17:53 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f79b51169bedd0e5900002e
RIM, comes from a Socialist country(Canada), as does Nokia(Finland).......Apple slaughters both because they,Apple, is a US company in the best economy....it's called free enterprise...Socialist countrys have too much "government baggage that rides along" for either RIM or Nokia to be successful.......the only way for them to become profitable, is to get their phones built to compete pricewise, with all the bells and whistles of Apple.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f772400eab8ea5d5700000eintermedyawebSat, 31 Mar 2012 11:34:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f772400eab8ea5d5700000e
Microsoft does anyone know where to go? Android how to be solvedhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f76fec16bb3f74075000042SchmidtSat, 31 Mar 2012 08:55:29 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f76fec16bb3f74075000042
Yahoo?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f76220969bedde305000046TDFri, 30 Mar 2012 17:13:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f76220969bedde305000046
I think Apple may want to buy RIM, in the past they copied and stolen many things from BBerry, including the "new" iMessage, so it makes sense that they now buy them to get hands on the tech they have been trying to emulate for years.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75f62f69bedd7e2b000025djFri, 30 Mar 2012 14:06:39 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75f62f69bedd7e2b000025
Henry; would it pain you to call your old buddies ???....WOS....Sonyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75f43f69bedd112400002cBrianSHallFri, 30 Mar 2012 13:58:23 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75f43f69bedd112400002c
What the hell?
I wanted this in a 12 page presentation.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75f1966bb3f71e27000023ilaFri, 30 Mar 2012 13:47:02 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75f1966bb3f71e27000023
They've already got Nokia, in which they have made a big investment that is going to ramp up very, very rapidly in the next few weeks. Can you argue that RIM makes nicer hardware than Nokia? Do they make hardware that is more efficient for business use than Nokia? Could Microsoft even concieve of integrating BBOS with its existing frameworks after _just rearchitecting their mobile platform a few years ago and not even getting that fully up and runnign_? Maybe, maybe I see them buying the BlackBerry email push service and sticking that into Microsoft Exchange so that everyone with an Exchange or Hotmail account gets pushed email. Apart from that, I don't see what RIM has that Microsoft could really use.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75e773ecad04b45000000bGordonFri, 30 Mar 2012 13:03:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75e773ecad04b45000000b
"Two turkeys do not make an Eagle".http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75e4cfecad047a4600005bdave1Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:52:31 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75e4cfecad047a4600005b
Palm was beat badly by who? not Apple, not Android, not Symbian... but BlackBerry. Windows Mobile (aweful OS) was also beat by RIM, so old RIM would laugh at doing a deal with MSFT... right now its probably a good chance for MSFT. who knows.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75e214ecad04954a000005dave1Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:40:52 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75e214ecad04954a000005
RIM definitely still has a lot of talents, and mobile expertise. the real issues are not hardware, not software, not ecosystem, not talent.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75deefecad047646000001HaywireFri, 30 Mar 2012 12:27:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75deefecad047646000001
Microsoft needs to determine if it's serious about phones or not. If they are I think they need RIM. The problem is that they may have waited to long.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75de5569beddcb75000048GordonFri, 30 Mar 2012 12:24:53 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75de5569beddcb75000048
Research in Motion Ltd.
Fri, Oct 09, 2009
Closing Price: 68.50
Microsoft Corp.
Fri, Oct 09, 2009
Closing Price: 25.55http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75dd8469bedd317800001dMurray JrFri, 30 Mar 2012 12:21:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75dd8469bedd317800001d
What was the price back then as opposed to now or a year from now?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75dd7eeab8ea6065000049GordonFri, 30 Mar 2012 12:21:18 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75dd7eeab8ea6065000049
and they are all deteriorating rapidly. remember Palm? they had all those things too. how did that work out for HP?
i know big mergers/acquisitions are fun and exciting and they make great stories. but they are often disasters. you know that.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75db37ecad04773e00000aHenry BlodgetFri, 30 Mar 2012 12:11:35 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75db37ecad04773e00000a
Cash, distribution, gadget expertise, installed base, relationships.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75daebecad048a3400008fGordonFri, 30 Mar 2012 12:10:19 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f75daebecad048a3400008f
oldie but goodie -
Microsoft Needs To Buy Research In Motion
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what does RIMM offer? hardware? nope. software? nope. ecosystem? nope. talent? nope.